Firefox question - can I open a URL in a 'hidden' tab, or at least not move to the tab when opening it?

[Pete Smout]

On Feb 17, 2015 10:05 PM, "Chris Green" <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 02:29:37PM -0600, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:47:25 +0000
> > Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any way in Firefox to 'open' a URL but not move to a tab to
> > > display it?
> > >
> > > I want to open internet radio URLs without changing what Firefox
> > > shows, so either some sort of hidden TAB or simply a way of not going
> > > to tabs opening certain specific URLs would do what I want.
> > >
> >
> > If I understand you correctly what you want to do is enable "Don't load
> > tab until selected" in the options menu for tab preferences.
> >
> Yes, but it must only apply to a few specific URLs, I want to keep
> everything as it is for everything else.
>
> I want to be able to click on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four
> (and a few similar URLs) so that I hear the Internet Radio station but
> I don't want Firefox's display to change.  For any other (non Internet
> Radio) URL I want everything to work as it does at present.
>
> These will be bookmarked URLs, kept in the bookmarks toolbar, so I can
> if necessary add some javascript/html around them if it would make
> what I want to do possible.
>
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Hi,
I do a similar thing by pointing a lightweight media player at the URL and
browsing as normal. Alternatively point a second browser window at radio 4
(or similar) minimize it and carry on. Not the most elegant solution I know
but it works!

Pete s
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